--- title: Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Blessed Us With a Duet description: If you need a smile today, look no further than this duet by Ellen DeGeneres and former First Lady Michelle Obama. canonical: https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-21T19:44:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:01:04.469Z og:title: Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Had a Duet Without Anyone Else og:description: They could take this show on the road og:url: https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Had a Duet Without Anyone Else twitter:description: They could take this show on the road twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Had a Duet Without Anyone Else by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Nov 21, 2019 7:44 PM UTC by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Nov 21, 2019 7:44 PM UTC If you’re in need of a boost, look no further than this video of close friends [Ellen DeGeneres](https://time.com/5677054/brad-pitt-on-ellen-2019/) and former [First Lady Michelle Obama](https://time.com/5714285/michelle-obama-white-flight/), as they grace the internet with an original song. “Last night, I dropped by my friend Ellen’s house for a little duet,” Obama wrote in a tweet and Instagram post on Thursday afternoon. The accompanying video she shared is both a blessing for the [holiday season](https://time.com/5735789/christmas-explosion-videos/). In the video, DeGeneres starts playing the piano before Obama joins her on the bench, as the two sing about Obama’s new book, [_The Becoming Journal_](https://becomingmichelleobamashop.com/products/becoming-journal?variant=17877169242181)_,_ a guided journal with quotes from her memoir, [_Becoming_](https://time.com/5457854/michelle-obama-becoming-review/)_,_ to really get the meditation and relaxation flowing. “The purpose of the journal is to write down your own story of ‘becoming,'” Obama says, as DeGeneres keeps the keys moving. “Because every story matters,” she says of the journal. Then the two harmonize as they sing, “What is my story?” Obama finishes off the song by asking, “Who are you becoming?” The creative promotional video shows the ladies’ musical skills—as is on full display, DeGeneres can play the piano and Obama can seriously sing. Please, don’t just take our word for it. Watch the performance yourself. > [](https://twitter.com/MichelleObama/status/1197570498806325248) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/"},"headline":"Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Had a Duet Without Anyone Else","datePublished":"2019-11-21T19:44:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:04.469Z","description":"Can someone please hand over the EGOT?","url":"https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. Greenspan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5736186/ellen-degeneres-michelle-obama-sing/","name":"Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres Had a Duet Without Anyone Else"}}]}] ```